Category: News

Labour leader says 18th-century rule is morally wrong as it suggests ‘anything goes for those at the top’

New research has revealed British SMEs are finding more benefits to auto enrolment after their staging date than initially expected.

Major boost to new tech startups as partnership announced between entrepreneurial spark and Taxi App Gettaxi 

KPMG has forged an alliance with Entrepreneurial Spark and RBS, the world’s largest free business accelerator, to create a ‘dream team’ that will deliver business advice and support to thousands of entrepreneurs across Edinburgh, Glasgow and Ayrshire.

A programme which generated over £200,000 worth of investment opportunities, 17 local jobs and some of Liverpool’s brightest entrepreneurial talent, has launched again this year with more than double the intake of entrepreneurs.

The leader of the Scottish National Party, which could help decide who governs Britain after May’s election, has denied that she had said privately she wanted David Cameron to remain prime minister rather than being replaced by Ed Miliband.

David Cameron’s approval rating has edged forward for the first time in nearly four years ahead of next months General Election.

The February North East Recruitment Index has recorded a 9 per cent month-on-month downturn in job availability compared to January 2015.

The most recent Business in Britain report conducted by Lloyds Bank has shown that more than 67 per cent of SMEs are concerned about the prospect of rising interest rates in the next six months.

Atos SME Harbour programme opens up opportunities for innovative technology SMEs to win government business

New research out today has revealed that men will be taking most advantage of the new pension legislation which came into force today – with men set to cash more than four times as much money from their pension pot as women, with many planning to embark on a secret spending spree.

Lloyds has announced several new “pledges” to support UK prosperity, including creating 20,000 new digital champions, driving growth in the UK’s start-ups, and helping companies to export their wares abroad.

James Caan, former TV Dragon and Business Matters columnist, has left the Start Up Loans Company, which lends taxpayer cash to budding entrepreneurs, after a legal battle over the £130million scheme.

As a new survey has revealed the cost of the little things needed to run a business often come as the biggest surprise, it highlights the fact that owners to look again at their smaller expenses when finalising budgets for the new financial year.